Affordable Care Act provides Hoosiers with better options

3:19 PM,
Sep. 30, 2013

Kathleen Sebelius

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Kathleen Sebelius

In January, millions of Americans will ring in the New Year with the secu­rity and peace of mind that have eluded them for dec­ades: They will finally have quality health insurance.

For more than 1.5 million people in Indiana, the opportunity to obtain quality coverage will be only a click, call or conversation away when the six-month open enrollment period for the new Health Insurance Marketplace begins Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the 85 percent of Americans who currently have coverage will continue to benefit from new rights and legal protections. In Indiana, nearly 275,000 people with private ...